Nigeria intensifies efforts to drive green industrialisation, as Alake receives report

By Gabriel Ewepu

ABUJA- THE Nigerian Government has intensified efforts to drive green industrialisation as the Council for Critical Minerals Development in the Global South officially handed over a landmark report to the Minister of Solid Mineral Development, Dr Dele Alake.

The handover at AFNIS 2026 closes a loop that began at AFNIS 2024. Since then, the Council, the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, and Core International have collaborated to deliver the report. The ceremony took place at the State House Conference Centre, Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The Council serves as a collaborative platform dedicated to helping emerging economies build secure, local mineral supply chains that drive domestic industrialisation.

The report’s central finding indicated that Nigeria’s endowment of lithium, copper and bauxite aligns precisely with the minerals needed to accelerate the country’s green energy transition.